Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
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April 7, 1931 — February 1, 2022 Saturday, April 9, 2022, 2:00 p.m. — Trinity United Methodist Church, Sequim, Washington Visual Memories Gathering Music: “Trauermarsch (Siegfried’s Funeral March),” by Richard Wagner [one of two musical selections requested by Pearletta] Welcome: Pastor Continue reading A Celebration of the Life of Pearletta Anne Harris
Pearletta Anne Harris Pearletta May Lemley was born on April 7, 1931, in the depths of the Great Depression, in the small Indian village of Olequa, north of Castle Rock, Washington. She was born in a primitive settler’s home, without Continue reading Eulogy
While living in the San Francisco Bay area, I was fascinated with how people’s expectations met with reality. A common example: people would plan for years — sometimes their entire lives — to travel to San Francisco and see the Continue reading Golden Gate on a sunny day
Checklist of World Heritage Sites visited in the United States. This is a dynamic list, with plans for checking off more sites in the future. ✔︎ means “visited,” and ✖︎ means “need to visit.” Mesa Verde National Park – ✖︎ Continue reading World Heritage Sites, United States
Last week, a penguin completed an epic migration that lasted a couple years and thousands of miles. When measured in penguin distances, it encompassed more miles than Neil Armstrong traveled going to the moon and back in his celebrated “one Continue reading Epic penguin migration
A friend living in the foothills of the Chocolate Mountains (in California) sent me a photo of the extreme avalanche danger he faced in a snowstorm. There were lots of photos of lawns, rooftops and other surfaces that, if you Continue reading Snow at sea level
Today we saw Zion National Park. It was full of amazing big rocks. ❂ Lykara
Today we saw the biggest hole in the earth I have ever seen. It was the Grand Canyon. Mom and Dad left too late and we had to sleep on the ground in a church parking lot in Page, Arizona. ❂ Continue reading San Diego to Columbia, Part 2 – Arizona
A journal of the move from San Diego, California to Columbia, Maryland. Today we left San Diego. I was sad to leave my friends, especially Tomera and Miss Line. ❂ Lykara